Seeder



(No Model.)

J. H. SMITH.

SEEDER.

Pateryed Mar. 11

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. SMITH, OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN.

SEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,987, dated March 11, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,952. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES I-I. SMITH, of Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac,

`and in the State of Wisconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

. My invention relates to seeders; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation, partly in section, on line l l, Fig. 2, and illustrates a delivery-tube lhaving a yielding connection with the feed-case and frame of a seeder. Fig.2 represents a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. l, the feedcase being in horizontal section on line 2 2 of the latter figure. i

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a portion of the machine-frame, B the feed-box, and Oa feed-case connected to said feed-box in the usual manner.

The feed-case is provided with outwardlyextended lugs b, designed to engage the horizontal portions of |-shaped slots or recesses Ac in the upper end of a delivery-tube D, the

A of the machine. The pin G is held in place by a hook-bolt H, passed through the adjacent portion of the machine-frame and engaged by a clamping-nut g, and the tension of the spring F is regulated by means of a Wing-nut I, arranged on the screw-threaded forward end h of the bolt E, as is best illustrated in Fig. l.

By the above construction the deliverytube D will yield to any obstruction in its path, as is shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, the parts being relatively arranged to permit a free backward movement of said deliverytube to an angle of forty-tive degrees.

The spring F causes the delivery-tube to4 automatically return to its normal position after passing an obstruction, the tension of this spring being readily adj usted, as above described.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A `l. In a seeder, the combination of a feedcase provided with lateral llugs, a delivery- "tube having recesses for engagement with the to the machine-frame and provided with an` eye for engagement With the bolt, and a nut arranged on said bolt in opposition to the spring, substantially as set forth.

et. In a seeder, the combination of a feedcase, a delivery tube pivotally connected thereto, a pin connected to the m achine-frame, a spring arranged on the pin, a bolt connecting the delivery-tube and spring, and a nut arranged on the bolt in opposition to the spring, substantially as set forth.

5. In a seeder, the combination of the frame A, the feed-case C, a delivery-tube D, pivoted to said feed-case, a bolt E, connected to the delivery-tube, apin Gr, connected to said frame, a spring F, arranged on the pin and provided with an eye for engagement with the bolt, and an adjusting-nut I, arranged on said bolt in opposition to the spring, substantially as Set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Fond du Lac, in t-he county of Fond du Lac and State of Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAS. H. SMITH. Witnesses:

L. H. GILLET, CLITZ E. PERRY. 

